January 30, 2013
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Dare questions ...
- What do you consider your first spiritual experience to be? Good News Club (done by the ministry CEF) that I attended when I was six.
- What is the most religious thing you’ve ever worn in public? I wear modest, feminine clothing and I don't consider it to be religious. But I started wearing a scarf or hat to church 15 or 16 years ago and I still do that. It's not really religious, just my response to what my conscience said to me during teaching in church.
- What is the kindest act you’ve ever done for someone? To love someone who is acting unloving is the kindest thing that I have ever done and hopefully, will continue to do.
- What is your favorite story from the Gospel or a religious movie? The wedding at Cana is special to me. Jesus and His mother and their interaction there. "Do whatever He tells you to do"...
- Have you ever prayed with someone from a different religion? Not that I recall.
- Have you ever prayed in a public place? I pray all the times, that includes in public and populated places. I don't necessarily pray out loud in those places.
- Have you ever participated in a religious service other than your own? Yes, I've attended a Catholic church and a Messianic Jewish service. I may have attended others, but they're not coming to mind at the moment.
- Have you ever gone outside your spiritual comfort zone in order to move closer to God? Yes, I am doing that this week and it's a very scary feeling and yet I know that it's the right thing to do. God will uphold me. A song I am listening to saying "The God of Angel armies is always by my side." !!! and it's true. Bless the Lord.
- Are you in a good relationship with God right now? He is a good God and He has said that I am forgiven, justified and righteous in Him. Can't be much better than that!
- What do think God’s wish is for you? To love Him better and be with Him always.
- Whose desires come first in your life: yours or God's? When I let my desires come first, my life is very shallow and lonely. But when I put His desires first everything becomes very vibrant and joyful. His ways are SO much better than my ways could ever be!! I love His imagination and creativity!!
- Do you struggle with selfishness? What helps you overcome this? Everyone in the whole world struggles with this. If they say they don't, they are just deceiving themselves. We are made to automatically take care of ourselves and to do that we must be fairly selfish. Like a baby selfishly is only aware of their own needs. We only overcome that when we spend time with the Creator of the universe. Then our perspective becomes His and we come out of ourselves and have His selflessness.
- Do you struggle with false or empty relationships that distract you from your relationship with God? What relationships help you stay close to God? Those relationships with people that are deep and caring. Where the other person is as fully interested in pleasing God as I am, the relationship becomes a true fellowship of hearts. There are not a huge number of these but I have a few. They bless me almost every day.
- When you pray, what is your image of God? What do you think of? When I am praying I usually first think of Scripture and I pray that back to God. As I start thinking of the Creator and His power and other attributes, then I am reminded of so many things He does and ways He shows me His incorruptible love. It's kind of a spacey feeling but not really attached to a face at the moment. But I have hopes of seeing the face of Jesus one day. Ask me then.
- What is on your “spiritual bucket list?”
-To have my ten children all have a special relationship with God and be grounded in His Word and able to defend their faith. That is close to being a reality already.
-To be a good housekeeper. (this probably requires a miracle).
-To be useful to others, a minister of grace to anyone I come into contact with. Still working on it.
-To maybe have a grandchild or two....eventually.
and many spiritual children!!!I do realize that the numbers are messed up here. Sorry about that. If you want to see the neat and tidy arrangement of this go to @BigToePeople or @Ancient_Scribe 's sites.
Also I would like to tag @TrainTrack, @WildWomanOfTheWest, @Saintvi, @Evangelist_Guy, @Songoftheheart, @andreas_d, and anyone else who'd like to play.
Blessings!
Comments (9)
THIS IS WONDERFUL! I really enjoyed reading it. Thanks for doing it.
Not sure if I've told you, but we're moving to Amarillo this spring. It's only an hour closer, but if you're ever out that way, we'll be a couple of minutes off of Rt. 40, really close to Cadillac Ranch. Steve will still be active duty, but he's being sent to work at the Bell Boeing place where they build his airframe.
Good luck on the housekeeping, I do believe in Miracles - ilym
@BigToePeople - Hey, every hour counts!
I KNOW we always go past that cadillac ranch on the way to Phx. Thanks, we are going to have that coffee yet!
@mlbncsga - Yay miracles.
@Tempguestbrief - I would love that!
Blessings to you and your 10 children! That is a life calling besides all the other good things you do.
@mcbery - Thank you!!
They are blessings.
This is terrific! It has been such a beautiful privilege to see so many people's responses to my questions, and such a surprise to see how popular it was compared to the other questionnaire that was going around at the same time! God bless you!
@BigToePeople - I didn't know you were moving; please remember to share your new address with me!
@Ancient_Scribe - Not long after we move, I will send out a little address change card. It probably won't happen until May...at least that's when our new house should be done being built. Steve will actually have to move some time between the middle of March and the end of April. We're still waiting to find out his report date.